The extremely severe cyclonic storm Mocha was a very powerful and deadly tropical cyclone, but technological advances, an early warning system and the effective action of the State Administrative Council (SAC) of Myanmar and the collective effort of the public saved thousands of lives across the Rakhine coast, and Sittwe, the capital city of Rakhine state, remains resilient.
The SAC began developing its action plan for Cyclone Mocha as soon as the Meteorology Department received a warning of a developing cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, which was also being tracked by India's Meteorological Department (IMD) on May 2.
